Lucas Fazzary
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DVD Studio Pro must compress the Quicktime Video to DVD spec compliant MPEG2. Thats what is taking so long. I would use Compressor first to compress to mpeg2 then bring into Studio Pro.
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Hmmm.. Maybe try DVD demuxer by DVD-Logic. Then reauthor in Adobe Encore CS3 to output to Flash. Adobe Encoder or Compressor should be able to output to H. 264. Is that what you are looking for?
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Check the inspector for that track/menu and set the loop point to the time you want the button highlights to come on.
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Silvio, sorry to hear about your luck with the replication issue. They should be able to take the DDP on DVD/Harddrive/DLT. If they do not then you should definitely look for another replicator, or make sure you are not just dealing with a broker. Sometimes brokers don’t know what DDP is and are worried that whatever replicator they are sending to won’t accept it (believe me I’ve seen this before).
It is perfectly fine to send in a DVD-Video disc for replication. I do DVD authoring and Premastering at a replication facility and we are using the latest Eclipse software (Ver. 5.1). I spend a lot of time asking these questions to Eclipse support and they will agree as well. As a matter of fact 90% of our masters come in as DVD-Video. Even dual layer media (which IS now supported in Eclipse 5.X).
DDP or CMF are the formats need to make the stampers. You can actually take Eclipse and do an Image Verify between a DVD-Video (video_TS) disc and the DDP image and they will compare 100%. And I promise if Eclipse says its OK then it IS OK.As for suing them that you cannot do (you can try but save your money to get your discs replicated somewhere else). Somewhere in their legal paperwork I’m sure there is some sort of fine print that covers there ass in this situation. Plus unless you guys have a contract that says they will have your discs to you in XX days then there is nothing you can do. Just the way it is.
Good luck and BTW as for getting your stuff by X-mas search around. Some replicators will put it in as a rush order for a few extra bucks.
-Luke
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You could try Intellidisc. https://www.intellidisc.com/
You can get a demo from the site too. Pretty cool program from what testing I’ve done with it.
-luke
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evatone.com in Sunny Clearwater, FL
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As far as a replicator not taking DVD’s authored in Studio Pro, I have never heard this. I work at a DVD replicator and do the premastering as well as DVD authoring (on Studio Pro, Sonic Scenarist, and Sonic Creator) and have only had problems with Studio Pro authored discs a couple times and thats because they were from version 2 and below (or burned with a third party burning program). Studio Pro 3 has a couple warnings that come up but do not effect playability, and Studio Pro 4.1 has really stepped it up as far as strict compliance to the DVD spec. Programs that almost always come up with errors are Ulead DVD Workshop, old DVD Architect, Prassi Primo is horrible, and Nero is bad when burning using the DVD-Video setting.
Luke
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I would suggest burning directly from Studio Pro. Toast can do some crazy things. I have seen this error a few times but has mostly been from burning apps (Toast, Nero, etc..).
What version of Studio Pro are you using? Toast version?
Luke
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The only problem is the layer break will not be on the same cell that the authoring system has originally placed it. Nero, Toast, Roxio, etc will almost always burn Layer 0 out to the very end before writing layer 1. This will cause a seamless layer break. The DVD spec says the layer break must be non-seamless. If you are creating this DVD for yourself may not be a problem but if this is going to a replicator I would make sure the layer break is non-seamless otherwise it will most likely get rejected. So your options are basically burn directly from the authoring program or use Sonics ROM formatter.
Luke
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Sonic ROM formatter will do this. It is for PC only but can write MAC files with the resource forks(OS9).If you burn with Toast the layer break will move and will result in a seamless layer break, which you do not want.